American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special was the first ever American Ninja Warrior's post-season tournament, which was recorded after American Ninja Warrior 7's season finale, and premiered on May 29th, 2016 (3 days before American Ninja Warrior 8's season premiere).

Contents

Team Competition

Competitors

There were 2 teams competed (Team Matt and Team Akbar), with 5 competitors in each team. Each team consisted of 3 American Ninja Warrior veterans, 1 rookie (competitor who firstly appeared on American Ninja Warrior 7), and 1 female competitor. The members of each team was chosen by the host and co-host of American Ninja Warrior (Matt Iseman for Team Matt and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila for Team Akbar).

Competition Format

The stages used were Stage Two, Stage Three, and Stage Four (side-to-side).

There were 3 heats in Stage Two, 2 heats in Stage Three, and 1 heat in Stage Four.

Each heat consisted of 2 competitors (1 competitor from each team).

In each heat, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest) in the fastest time would receive points for his/her respective team: 1 point for each heat in Stage Two and Stage Three, and 3 points for the heat in Stage Four.

The points would be cumulated among those three stages, and the team who got the highest points would be the champion.

There was no time limit to complete the stages (Stage Two, Stage Three, and Stage Four).

Results

Supersonic Shelf Grab

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Flying Shelf Grab, with a much larger distance between the shelves, requiring competitors to build a much bigger swing and momentum to make the transition from the first shelf to the second shelf.

The competition worked in an elimination fashion. Each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required distance. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the distance between the shelves was made larger in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required distance in any round, the required distance had reached the maximum point for safety reasons, or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required distance.

Super Salmon Ladder

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Salmon Ladder, with 35 rungs and about 4 stories (13.2 meters) in height.

Each competitor would start at the second rung and tried to reach the highest rung as possible. Whoever reached the highest rung, he/she would be the champion. However, if there were at least 2 competitors who could reach the highest rung, the competitor who reached it in the fastest time would be the champion.

Giant Jump Hang

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Jump Hang, with a much larger distance between the trampoline and cargo net, requiring competitors to build a much bigger bounce from the trampoline to reach the cargo net.

The competition worked in an elimination fashion. Each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required distance. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the cargo net was placed further in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required distance in any round, the required distance had reached the maximum point for safety reasons, or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required distance.

The Giant Jump Hang was the only competition to be digested (only shown the highlight) during the broadcast.

Mega Wall

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Warped Wall, with a much taller wall and longer runway than during city qualifiers/city finals, requiring competitors to build a much bigger speed and momentum to reach and climb to the top of the wall.

The competition worked in an elimination fashion. Each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required height. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the wall's height was made taller in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required height in any round or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required height.